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About Power Play

Petaybee was growing up. Day by day, the sentient planet–like any child–was learning to recognize and understand the meaning of outside stimuli, to respond to those stimuli, to communicate its own needs and desires…even to use human speech.Yanaba Maddock had appointed herself defender of her adopted planet, and she had even succeeded in proving its sentience to all the nonbelievers. But despite all her efforts, few outsiders truly cared for the feelings and intelligence of what they perceived to be a giant hunk of rock–or a mere oddity to be gawked at. Then Yana was kidnapped. The price of her freedom–the planet itself. But the only one who could speak for Petaybee was Petaybee–and no one knew what a living planet could do once it found its voice…

About Power Play

Petaybee was growing up. Day by day, the sentient planet–like any child–was learning to recognize and understand the meaning of outside stimuli, to respond to those stimuli, to communicate its own needs and desires…even to use human speech.But few outsiders truly cared for the feelings and intelligence of what they perceived to be a giant hunk of rock–or a mere oddity to be gawked at. Some came to worship the newly awakened soul. Some came by invitation, but without comprehension, to harvest the almost magically curative native plants. Big game hunters came chasing rumors of fantastical creatures that simply gave themselves up for the killing. And tourists came in droves, many of them searching for long-lost relatives among those whom Intergal had relocated to Petaybee during its colonization phase. The Petaybeans had their hands full trying to protect their beloved planet from the sudden influx of visitors.Then some of Petaybee’s staunchest champions–Yanaba Maddock, Marmion de Revers Algemeine, Bunny Rourke, and Diego Metaxos–were kidnapped. The perpetrators wanted Petaybee for its incredible mineral wealth. Their other attempts at plundering the planet had all failed, and now they were determined to force the Petaybeans to make a trade: the planet for the people. They simply didn’t understand that such a bargain was impossible. For the only one who could speak for Petaybee was Petaybee itself–and no one knew what a living planet could do once it found its voice…

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About Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, winner of the Nebula Award for her novel The Healer’s War, is the author of numerous fantasy novels. She has co-authored ten other novels with Anne McCaffrey. She lives on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.

About Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey, the Hugo Award–winning author of the bestselling Dragonriders of Pern novels, is one of science fiction’s most popular authors. She lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.

About Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey, the Hugo Award–winning author of the bestselling Dragonriders of Pern novels, is one of science fiction’s most popular authors. She lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.